Photograph of a stock water pond laid out and staked b the Soil Conservation Service. This pond has a drainage area of 70 acres, a surface area of 2 acres, and will store 12 acre feet of water. It was stocked with fish in September 1855 and will be used also for recreation. Pond is 12 feet or more deep over 40 percent of surface area.

Photograph of high grade cattle grazing on 40-acre bottom land pasture, established to Bermuda grass in 1948. Bermuda grass was over seeded with Ladino sweet clover, Korean Lespedeza, Vetch and Rye grass. This bottom land was established to improved pasture as a correct land use practice.

Photograph of B. P. Prickett, SCS technician, examining silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain on Sugar Creek watershed. Rain fell in 30 to 45 min. Springtooth harrow covered up.

Photograph of silt and debris deposits on Sugar Creek flood plain after 4 to 6 inches of rain falling in 30 to 45 minutes. Bridge located north of Alfred Dorsey's home and crosses Sugar Creek.

Photograph of Sugar Creek bottom showing silt deposit after 4 to 6" rain that fell in 30 to 45 minutes on evening of 6/25/1961.

Photograph of pond on the Buck Loyd farm 3 miles West and 1/2 mile North of Paoli. The pond is equipped with a diving board for swimmers. It is stocked with fish and is wasy to fish.

Photograph of an open ditch showing water coming to siphon tubes and size of area being irrigated at one time.

Photograph of a bulldozer with a blade for Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control. OK-2820.

Photograph of sumac in a hay meadow. Food and shelter for wildfires. OK-1406-10.

Photograph of a close up section of 40-acre bottomland pasture established to Bermuda and overseeded with Ladino Clover, sweetclover, Korean lespedeza, vetch, and rye grass. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Close-up of section of 40-acre bottom land pasture established to Bermuda grass in 1948. Bermuda grass was overseeded with Ladino Clover, sweet clover, Korean lespedeza, Vetch, and rye grass. This bottom land was established to improved pasture as a correct land use practice."

Photograph of a seven heads of high-grade cattle grazing on 40-acres of improved bottomland pasture established to Bermudagrass, Ladino sweetclover, Korean Lespedeza, vetch, and rye grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "High grade cattle grazing on 40-acre bottom land pasture, established to Bermuda grass in 1948. Bermuda grass was overseeded with Ladino sweet clover, Korean Lespedeza, Vetch and Rye grass. This bottom land was established to improved pasture as a correct land use practice."

Photograph of roots of a cotton plant being turned by a plow pan [i.e., a subsurface horizon or soil layer having a high bulk density and a lower total porosity than the soil directly above or below it as a result of pressure applied by normal tillage operations]. OK-125-6.

Photograph of irrigation of peanuts on the Earl Q. Gray farm.

Photograph of timber sprayed by airplane June 1960. Native grass in a Savannah site. Pasture properly used.

Photograph of a close-up of section of 40 acre bottom land pasture established to Bermuda grass in 1948. Bermuda grass was over seeded with Ladino Clover, Sweet Clover, Korean Lespedeza, Vetch, and Rye grass. This bottom land was established to improved pasture as a correct land use practice.

Photograph of high grade cattle grazing on 40-acre bottom land pasture, established to Bermuda grass in 1948. Bermuda grass was over seeded with Ladino sweet clover, Korean Lespedeza, Vetch and Rye grass. This bottom land was established to improved pasture as a correct land use practice.

Photograph of B. P. Prickett, SCS, technician, examining damage on Sugar Creek flood plain after 4 to 6 inch rain that fell in 30 to 45 minutes.

Photograph of grasshoppers on a stalk of corn. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Grasshoppers standing on a stalk of corn after having eaten all the leaves off. For a general view of the field in which this stalk is located, see Okla-5356.”

Photograph of a legume crop on a strip mine spoil area. This fast growing plant was first planted about 8 years ago, but did not spread much until 1957. Mr. Burdett reports vines getting to 45 feet long in one growing season. A district cooperator since 1955. OK-1414-10.

Photograph of Wildhorse Flood Prevention Site 126, Erosion on the Fore Bay Area. OK-2933-3.

Photograph of erosion on the east end of the dam and east bank of the site, looking north from the east center of the dam. OK-2933-4.

Photograph of grasshopper damage to the J. O. Godwin farm cornfield. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Stillwater project, Blackwell Camp. J. C. Godwin Farm SE ¼ of 23-26N-1W. Grasshopper damage in the Chiskiska [sic] river valley. This area normally produces from 50 to 65 bushels of corn per acre in an average year. For a close up view showing grasshoppers still on a stalk of corn in this field, see Okla-5355. In 1936 the locusts took everything their paths. This was a promising corn field where the yield was 60 to 65 bushels of corn per acre in an average year."